The current honor guard uniform is all thats left of the "Informal Black" which was the USAF equivalent of the army dress blue. When the regular service blue went to the McPeak style the honor guard didn't change and kept the style of the existing coat.

Which unfortunately leads me to believe that this is just a wishful thinking rumor.

So one of the responses on that thread is "Last I heard the idea was to have the AF HG wear it and see what the rest of the Force thought and if it was liked we'd switch"

I don't recall a time when AF leadership cared about what the members thought of a possible uniform change. I was in during the McPeak days and saw the dress uniform go from military to USAir pilot.

/RantThe CMSAF came and spoke at my Airman Leadership School class as was field testing the new service uniform. Everyone in the class hated it and told him (the white stripes, no collar brass, stripes on sleeves for officer rank, no name tag, etc) that is looked like crap and not a military uniform. His response was "this is the uniform we are going with and you don't have to like it but you will have to wear it." Pure leadership there. He then went on to berate on of my classmates because he didn't want to join the NCO club because he didn't have the money for the dues. The CMSAF response to that was, "get a part-time job or get promoted. If you aren't a member of the NCO club you are basically a dirt bag Airman." Yes, the CMSAF called someone a dirt bag Airman in front of about 20 people for not joining the NCO club. /Rant over

So one of the responses on that thread is "Last I heard the idea was to have the AF HG wear it and see what the rest of the Force thought and if it was liked we'd switch"

I don't recall a time when AF leadership cared about what the members thought of a possible uniform change. I was in during the McPeak days and saw the dress uniform go from military to USAir pilot.

/RantThe CMSAF came and spoke at my Airman Leadership School class as was field testing the new service uniform. Everyone in the class hated it and told him (the white stripes, no collar brass, stripes on sleeves for officer rank, no name tag, etc) that is looked like crap and not a military uniform. His response was "this is the uniform we are going with and you don't have to like it but you will have to wear it." Pure leadership there. He then went on to berate on of my classmates because he didn't want to join the NCO club because he didn't have the money for the dues. The CMSAF response to that was, "get a part-time job or get promoted. If you aren't a member of the NCO club you are basically a dirt bag Airman." Yes, the CMSAF called someone a dirt bag Airman in front of about 20 people for not joining the NCO club. /Rant over

If it's the one I'm thinking of, he was a prime example of all the wrongs with the SAC-itude....

So one of the responses on that thread is "Last I heard the idea was to have the AF HG wear it and see what the rest of the Force thought and if it was liked we'd switch"

I don't recall a time when AF leadership cared about what the members thought of a possible uniform change. I was in during the McPeak days and saw the dress uniform go from military to USAir pilot.

/RantThe CMSAF came and spoke at my Airman Leadership School class as was field testing the new service uniform. Everyone in the class hated it and told him (the white stripes, no collar brass, stripes on sleeves for officer rank, no name tag, etc) that is looked like crap and not a military uniform. His response was "this is the uniform we are going with and you don't have to like it but you will have to wear it." Pure leadership there. He then went on to berate on of my classmates because he didn't want to join the NCO club because he didn't have the money for the dues. The CMSAF response to that was, "get a part-time job or get promoted. If you aren't a member of the NCO club you are basically a dirt bag Airman." Yes, the CMSAF called someone a dirt bag Airman in front of about 20 people for not joining the NCO club. /Rant over

If it's the one I'm thinking of, he was a prime example of all the wrongs with the SAC-itude....